Wendi Stanford is accused of causing the injuries that
killed
2-month-old Christopher Dillon Andrew Harbin, whom the family called "Dillon."
Stanford was known by the last name Harbin when she was married to
Dillon's father, and went by Hooper in Alabama.

Stanford, speaking with a slight Southern accent, took the witness stand this afternoon and testified that in July 2013, she received a call from her caseworker from the Lauderdale County Department of Human Resources, the state's version
of Pennsylvania's Department of Children, Youth and Families.

Stanford said that, at the time, she had temporary custody of her three children after completing outpatient rehab for substance abuse and had never gotten a call to meet her caseworker at the department's office.

"I thought I was talking to my caseworker," Stanford said.

When Stanford learned Allentown Detective John Buckwalter was questioning her about Dillon's death, Stanford said she was afraid she would lose custody of her children if she didn't cooperate.

Stanford became upset on the witness stand as she testified that Buckwalter told her what happened was common and there were women in prison for breaking their babies' arms and legs; Standford tearfully said she asked to call her husband and Buckwalter told her to wait.

She said Buckwalter wanted her "to admit something I didn't do," and to "come clean about what happened to Dillon.

Buckwalter previously testified that Stanford told him that the night Dillon died, she was
home alone with the kids and was on the phone with her mother when she
heard a thud. Stanford said she found Dillon under a baby swing and her
daughter standing behind the swing, Buckwalter testified.

Shown a statement she made to police in 2003, Stanford changed her
story, Buckwalter said. She said her then-husband and his father were in
the house the night Dillon died and the fall occurred days before,
Buckwalter said.

Today, Lehigh County Detective Ralph Romano said Stanford did not seem upset when she left the interview that day, and he didn't see her cry or become upset after police arrested her in September and transported her to Allentown.

In fact, Romano said Stanford had causal conversations with Buckwalter about hunting, taxidermy and tattoos. Stanford told Romano how to get to the airport and even showed him where the band Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded their first album, Romano testified.

Judge Robert Steinberg gave attorneys a deadline to file any additional arguments and said he would rule on the motions at a later date.

Stanford's trial is scheduled for July 14. She remains in Lehigh County
Prison in lieu of bail.